Tag: beginning

A Starter for You from the January, 1921 National Geographic

Jul 30, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, short stories, starters

One of my favorite writing exercises is to take a piece of writing I like, clip a piece of it, and try to continue writing in that author’s style. I also love making something nonfiction into fiction. The selection I’ll ask you to try this with today comes from “The Dream Ship,” a January,…
Neil Gaiman: the clothes make the man!

Jul 9, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, poetry, short stories, writing technique

I’ve just read Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and I highly recommend it. This week, I’ll be examining five techniques he makes use of, and the first is one he uses at the beginning of the prologue: I wore a black suit and a white shirt, a black tie…